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346.050 Eligibility for benefits.
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Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the following persons
shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter:
(a) A victim of criminally injurious conduct;
(b) A surviving spouse, parent, or child of a victim of criminally injurious
conduct who died as a direct result of such conduct;
(c) Any other person dependent for his principal support upon a victim of
criminally injurious conduct who died as a direct result of such crime; and
(d) Any person who is legally responsible for the medical expenses or funeral
expenses of a victim.
No victim or dependent shall be denied compensation solely because he is a relative
of the offender or was living with the offender as a family or household member at
the time of the injury or death. However, the board may award compensation to a
victim or dependent who is a relative, family or household member of the offender
only if the board can reasonably determine the offender will not receive significant
economic benefit or unjust enrichment from the compensation.
No compensation of any kind shall be awarded when injury occurred while the
victim was confined in any state, county, urban-county, or city jail, prison, or other
correctional facility, or any state institution maintained and operated by the Cabinet
for Health and Family Services.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 612, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 567, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 409, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 5.
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